Comments about the price paid for lobster last season made by the executive director of the P.E.I. Seafood Processors Association have outraged fishermen.

Lobster fisherman John MacPhee wonders whether all P.E.I. lobster fishermen should sell their catch on the mainland. (CBC)

Olin Gregan told CBC News Monday P.E.I. fishermen were paid as much, or more, as any place in Atlantic Canada last year.

The P.E.I. Fishermen's Association is demanding a retraction. A group of Island fishermen say they have documents that show one Island fisherman was paid more for lobster he sold in Nova Scotia than what he was paid on P.E.I. The PEIFA says Nova Scotia lobster fishermen fishing in the same waters off the Northumberland Strait were paid up to $1.25 more per pound, and that prices in Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Gaspé and Scotia Fundy regions were also higher than on P.E.I.

Fishermen across the Island are reacting angrily to Gregan's comments.

"Maybe the P.E.I. processors don't deserve any lobsters," said Souris fisherman John MacPhee.

"Maybe our money should be going towards the processing plants in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [P.E.I. processors are] driving us out of business, so let's help them out of business."

Some Island fishermen have put together a private members bill that stipulates anyone buying or processing lobster on P.E.I. and in other parts of the region must offer the same price in each province. They are still looking for an MLA willing to present the bill.

The PEIFA expects shore prices will improve this season because they say inventories are down and demand is high. The association also said new buyers are approaching fishermen.